Curtain hanger and hold-down



Sept. 19, 1950 A. E. FRIDOLPH CURTAIN HANGER AND HOLD-DOWN Filed Dec. 9, 1946 INVEN TOR. ANNETTE E. FRIDOLPH.

W M ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 19, 1950 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,522,505 CURTAIN HANGER AND, norm-now Annette E. Fridolph, New York, N. Y. Application December 9, 1946, serial No. 715,082

This invention relates to a curtain hanger and hold-down'and has to do particularly with an improved construction for slidably supporting a curtain, drape or other hanging in a manner to prevent a curtain from swaying objectionably or blowing about in the wind. In my application Serial No; 448,405 filed June 25, 1942, which has matured into Patent No. 2,412,608, granted Dec. 17,1946, I have disclosed a unitary support for a hanging in which the usual traverse curtain rods are eliminated and the hanging is suspended from a small inconspicuous slotted track formed in the: decorative surface of a window or door casing or other place Where a hanging is to be slidably supported. This application is a continuation in part of the aforesaid application.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved construction of this type wherein a' -hanging may be not only suspended from the top but may be also anchored near its bottom to present a novel appearance and to prevent flowing' in the wind.

Another object is to provide a hanging support of this nature wherein the curtain may be readily traversed from'side to side and in which the top and bottom supports are carried along together without-ditficulty.

-In many locations where drapes or curtains are to be-h'ung, it is advantageous to secure them both at the top and at the bottom but previously used constructions have been difficult to manipulate when it is desired to open or close the curtain by sliding laterally. Thus, draperies which are hung directly on doors and in'airplanes, automobiles, ships, railway cars, etc., where there are very strong air currents at times, require anchoring both at the top and at the bottom and, unless resort is had to rather elaborate traversing mechanism, they have been adjustable from side to side only with dificulty. Accordingly, the present invention aims to provide a simple rugged construction in which curtains of this type may be so hung as to be adequately anchored against 2 Claims. (01. 160-327) 2 1 Referring now to Figure 1, there is illustrated a two-part traverse drape Ill-which is adapted for hanging in front of a cased opening I2 which maybe a window, door or other panel requiring closure or decorative treatment. Formed in the upper casing member I4 is a track having a slot I6 of rather narrow width extending the full length of the opening.v As shown more clearly in Figure 3, the slot is provided with an enlarged recess lB behind the same. Such a track may be readily formed by slotting and routing out a wooden strip or casing member and may be small enough to be barely noticeable. A similar lower casing member also has a track formed there in composed'of an'arrow slot l6 backed up by an enlarged recess l8.

At a convenient point near the end of each slot lfi there is formed'an aperture 22 providing accessto the recess l8 for the sliders by which the 1 having an enlarged head 26 which is also preferblowing out in the wind and at the same time freely adjustable from side to side with great facility. I j v ,1

Figure lis a perspective view of a drapedopening incorporating a preferred form of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a slider element used in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of a molding or casing strip used in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a front view of part of the strip showing an aperture for inserting and removing the sliders.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of part of a slider tape unit used for the top of the assembly.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of part of a slider tape unit used for the bottom of the assembly.

ably cloth covered. The head 26 may be formed by taking a small channel shaped piece of ntni' corrosive metal 28 and completely wrapping it with the endportion of a piece of tape 24, after which the opposed edges of the channel are clamped together to firmly grip the tape. Thus the heads of the'individual sliders are slender and rigid, while their connected cloth body por tions or straps are flexible. These slider members may be individually stitched to each drape H) at spaced intervals, min a preferred construction they are stitched to a running tape (30, 32 in Figs. 5 and 6) at the proper intervals, which tape is then sewed in proper lengths transversely to the back of each drape at top and bottom as indicated by dotted lines at 3i] and 32, respectively, in Fig. 1.

The sliders at the top of the drapes are relatively short, their straps 24 being onlysufficiently long to project through the slot to the point of attachment to the drape It). The straps 2411 at the bottom, however, are several times longer than those at the top and they are attached to the drapes H1 at a level considerably above the slot IS in the lower member 20.

In operating, the slider members are permanently attached to the drapes In as indicated and the drapes may be hung from the casing members by inserting the slider members one at a time successively into the tracks through the apertures 22 at top and bottom and pulling so as to slide the drapes along as the sliders are in place. The rigid slender heads of gangs of individual sliders are received and held loosely in line within the recess [8 of each track member, while their straps connected to the drapes exslid from side to side and will hang in natural 1;

folds determined to some extent by the spacing of the individual slider members. The tong straps 24a at the bottom are fiexi'blein arll directions, and it has been found that the bottom slider members will follow alohg'in the trees as the drape is moved by shifting the top portion thereof. Thus, it is unnecessary forcibly to slide bottom sliders in their track simultaneously a 's'udirigtn *ufi er sliders, V V H 'A v e, same imejhe *dr'ape hangs freely and its attachment at the bottom is not apparent when, the drape is hanging in n rmm position. It is, -run9 restrained, however, against swinging ilft 'ir'fto the; em or out or the win ow it open, dtinterfering with the normal folds or with the normal -traverse action.

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The drapes are, at the same time, readily but tlieslidefr memter 'ma cuifed'thereto. Theheads iiijanfaiitornobilewindows. "In such'an :ever itft he lo'n'er' sliderineinbers, having stress 'zd a at the bottom will compensate the varying d'istances tjet th ppraiid'lowr seetions or atapred win willithi'is permit free sliding of the cr te kanfcifcrt a Ili" trs i4"hay-'tenesineneu with their slotted s 'of this type are particularly useful in faces disposed either vertically as shown in Figure 3 or horizontally as shown in my copending application Serial No. 448,405, It also will be understood that one or a plurality of tracks may be used in each casing member, and in the latter case theresbectiv'e members 'or drapes may slide past each other instead of just meeting.

.1 claim:

1. A flexible hanging, such as a curtain or erase for use in spaced upper and lower tracks bordering an opening, having a plurality of individual slider unit secured at one end thereof to --theto1o6f said hanging at spaced points, another plurality of individual slider units secured at one end thereof adjacent the bottom of said hanging at spaced points, .each of said slider units comprising "a "flexible band carrying at its other end a slider "freel slidable on the "corre- Spending track, the slider units at the bottom of said hanging having bands several times longer "than the bands of theslider units at the top being'attabhe'd to the hanging at 'a-"levl considerably above its lower edge, said hanging being ncrinal-l ne oi tension between the upper and 'lowerslideriiiiits to prev'n'tsaid slider units from bini iil'i'g "(in said tracks.

12. A flexible hanging such as a curtain or d'r'ap'e for use in "spaced upper and lower slotted tracks bordering an opening, having ..a .plurality of individual slider 'uhits comprisingth'in straps secured "at eneiena thefefof' to the top of :said

ind vidual slider units comprising .thm straps secured at one ena'tne'reer adjacent the bottom qf said 'li'ahgin'g at s ace (points, and individual emanate crime slider unitseat thetopland being attached to 'the'hanging at a level-eonsiderably above its lower edge, said slider'units; at the top of the" hanging being .secured to said xhanging a sufiicient distancefrom the slider units-at thebottom 6r the hang ing twallow -the-1attersto liarjrg'freely frorn the upper :track and to, provide slack in the :hanging between the upper aand lower "slider units, preventing binding of -the slider-unitsin said-traclgs w p ANNETTEtEa REFERENCES "CITED The following referencesware of: recordLJin vithe I file of this patent: 

